by Gail Lemnah Barnett, February 19, 1996
I have not been enchanted
By a single type of flower,
'Til I discovered roses,
Now I watch them by the hour.
Some roses grow in star shapes;
Others, large and lavish bloom
With sixty velvet petals,
Each unfolding its perfume.
Glossy jade leaves wave at me,
Canes, straight and strong, grow tall,
Tender buds burst to open,
Loose full-bloom petals fall.
There are many happy faces
Turned to greet me in my yard;
Floribunda sprays brightly glowing,
Like sun in crystal shard.
Surrounded by the softness
Of my garden full of friends,
My roses speak to me with joy,
Our world through rose-colored lens.
For some there are the lily blooms,
For others dahlias shine;
There always are a lot of folks
Saying foxglove is just fine.
I have not been enchanted
By a single type of flower,
'Til I discovered roses,
Now I watch them by the hour.
by Gail Lemnah Barnett, February 19, 1996
Spring, 1998
"Song of the River" by William Randolph Hearst
January, 1998
"Birches" by Robert Frost
November and December, 1997
"One Last Rose" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
October, 1997
"Far From the Madding Crowd" by Nixon Waterman
September, 1997
"Kiss From a Rose" by Seal, from the Album: "Seal"
August, 1997
"Summer Rose Saga" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
July, 1997
"A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson
June, 1997
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
May, 1997
"The Path That Leads to Nowhere" by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
April, 1997
"The Firefly" by Jane Stuart
March, 1997
"Plant a Tree" by Lucy Larcom
February, 1997
"The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth
January, 1997
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
December, 1996
"Wintering Rosarians" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
November, 1996
"'Tis the Last Rose of Summer" by Thomas Moore
October, 1996
"Autumn Chant" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
September, 1996
"The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop
August, 1996
"Departmental" by Robert Frost
July, 1996
"City Flies" by Alan Van Dine
June, 1996
"My Neighbor's Roses" by A.L. Gruber